River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

A riot broke out at Detroit. Mich,
on Sunday between the factions Of st. Alber-
tus Polish Roman Catholic church Since
the troubles OF year ago the church has
been closed, but a rumOr that the church
was TO be reopened aroused the adherents,
the depOsed Priest, kOlasinski. and nearly
30 ragged and stormed about the police
who were guarding the church. Half "a
dozen policemen were badly hurt and
some of the Poles. The convent windows
were badly smashed with bricks, when the
assailants were dispersed
The County Clerk of Cook County,
Ill. has returned the alleged marriage Ger
tificate of Nina Van Zandt and the anarch
ist Spies to Justice Englehardt,w who claimed
TO have performed the ceremony. The
clerk reminds the justice that as Spies was
in the county, il at the time of the alleged
marriage he could not have been at the
village OF jefferson, where the justice certi-
fies the marriage occurred. The clerk con
cludes by asking the justice to correct the
error
The village of Chautauqua, n. Y,
was almost destroyed by fire Sunday,
night, which broke out in an unOccupied
building and spread 50 rapidly that the
local fire company could not cope with 1t.
Reports are meager owing to the fact that
Lut NlAldE6 uitu only Ltltpuonc
cation and the telephone Office burned.
Seventeen buildings burned including
a large new summer hotel.
By the action of the Maine legisla-
ture the repeal of the capital punishment
law has been effected, and imprisonment
for life is substituted for death in all eases
of murder in the first degree. such con
victs. however. are to be kept in close con-
all aEGnrIaffOnE and
no pardOning power is lett to the governor
and council unless the convict Is proved in
nOccnt.
An Ottawa, Ont. dispatch states that
another addition has been made to the fish
cries protection fleet, the department of
marine and fisheries completing at Shell
bourne. y. :, a charter for a fast sailing
schooner of l05 tons burden. to he used as "A
cruiser next summer. This is taken as
another indication Of vigorous protection
on the part of the dominion government.
The Republican state convention of
Rhode Island on the 10th, renominated all
the present incumbents of the state offices
and among the resolutions adopted was one
endorsing the action of the state Senate IN
passing a resolution submitting TO the
electors proposed amendment to the state
constitution abOlishing the real estate quail
iticatiOn as prerequisite for voting"
Half the business part of the town of
Oxford, y C., was destroyed by fire on the
18th. twenty-three firms being burned out.
Loss SlO0,tFO: insurance scarcely half that
amount. The general belief Is that the fire
was the work of incendiaries. The white
people think they can lay their hands on
those responsible for the cOnfiagration and
trouble Is feared.
Instructions have been issued To the
superintendent u the life-saving districts
embracing the ikes to man their stations
and TO put them into operation at the
opening Of navigation Stations in the
lower districts will begin operations April
/. and the Others between that date and the
18th prOXimO.
On the 2Oth the business section of
Rock Hill, ;. C., was almost wiped out by
fire The loss is Sl4O.O0l with about SlOO,O00
insurance. The Durham distillery, at Gov
ingtOn. Ky, with 200 barrels of bonded
whisky. was also destroyed. and one EN-
ploye fatally injured The insurance ag-
gTegates $4,000.
At Akron. Ohio. 4 boycott has been
enforced against Armour a. Co.'S meat by
the local butchers. Armour has telegraphed
his Cleveland agent To 90 TO Akron and
start i've Dr six shops to sell meat at any
price and charge the loss to Armour q Co.
Fire, from unknown cause destroyed
the Voorhees, cotton shed at Memphis
Tenn. at - a. m, on the 18th. Thirteen
hundred bales of cotton were burned with
the loss of $4,000 and insurance reaching
about $4,000
An engine went off a trestle on the
Marietta Mineral R. r., II miles from Par
kersburg. W Va. on the 10th, falling into
a chasm - feet below. The three men on
the engine were dashed TO death
At Palestine. Texas, on the 2lst. the
Democratic convention to nominate "A
successor to Senator Reagan, on the 2l2
ballot unanimously nominated William d.
Martin.
The Governor of Tennessee has
signed the bill TO submit to the people a
prohibition amendment to the constitution.
The election will be held in September.
On the 10th half Of the business part
of Blackville, S c.. and some dwellings
were burned Loss nearly 100000; insur
ance between $4,000 and $4,000.
The legislatures of the States of Ohio
and Missouri have adjourned much to the
satisfaction of the people thereof.